corretjós
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ku.rəˈd͡ʒos]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.rəˈd͡ʒos]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ko.reˈd͡ʒos]
Adjective
[edit]corretjós (feminine corretjosa, masculine plural corretjosos, feminine plural corretjoses)
- leathery, coriaceous
- Synonym: coriaci
- (figurative) tough, chewy
- Synonym: corretjut
- 1970, Santiago Llensa de Gelcen, Bolets de les rodalies d'Igualada:
- La seva carn—si així es pot dir—és de consistència fortament corretjosa, gairebé llenyosa, i no mengívola, per tant.
- Its flesh—if it can be called that—is of a leathery, almost woody consistency, and consequently inedible.
Further reading
[edit]- “corretjós” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.